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What’s in a name

George Heimel
Published in
1 min readDec 1, 2019

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Partner (business),

Partner (life),

Friend,

Brother,

Brother-in-law,

Cousin,

Boss,

Colleague,

Uncle,

Brother in law,

Jackass (sometimes),

Baker,

Cook,

Programmer,

Designer,

Spouse,

Lover,

Goofball,

Confidant,

Mensch,

Great Uncle

These words

Make me who I am

A tapestry

Woven from pieces of my soul

A gaping hole where one word should be

The replacements just don’t fit

Ugly patches that don’t hold

’Son of’ can never be

’Son’

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George Heimel
Grief Witness

Air force brat, gen-x, RIT grad, gay husband, business owner, baker of pie, Bourbon lover. Writing about things so that it can get less crowded in my head.